Alvar Aalto: A Critical Study

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New Amsterdam, 1989 - Architecture - 307 pages
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"This is a much needed and lively study of the still insufficiently known Finnish modern master Alvar Aalto, whose sensitive and increasingly revelant architectural legacy will surely only increase in stature as the years unfold." Kenneth Frampton, Columbia University

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Contents

Inner Process Outward Form
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Modern Finnish Architecture Background and Evolution
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Copyright

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About the author (1989)

Malcolm Quantrill is currently the Distinguished Professor of Architecture at Texas A&M University. His previous positions include Director of the Architectural Association, London, Dean of the Department of Environmental Design in the the Polytechnic of North London, and Professor of Architecture and Urban Design at the University of Jordan in Amman. Among his many publications is a book on another of Finland's leading architects, Reima Pietila.

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TitleAlvar Aalto: A Critical Study
AuthorMalcolm Quantrill
Editionillustrated, reprint
PublisherNew Amsterdam, 1989
Original fromthe University of Michigan
DigitizedNov 14, 2007
ISBN0941533352, 9780941533355
Length307 pages
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